The impact of a port on its local economy: the case of Plymouth
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Maritime Policy & Management
- Vol. 22 (1) , 13-23
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839500000029
Abstract
It has been suggested in two potentially influential documents that the development of ports could be an important tool of regional economic growth in areas such as South West England. This proposition is analysed in this article by detailed examination of the case of Plymouth, one of the areas in the region for which port development has been mooted. It is concluded that the Plymouth evidence suggests that it is easy to exaggerate the existing and potential role of ports in the regional development process. Ports are not big employers of labour and are no longer the inter-related industrial complexes that they once were. In most cases, therefore, they serve industry in areas distant from their own.Keywords
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